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[richardirv]

I needed new pads, markeymark kindly offered to do them for me!

on the way my exhasust split at the join to the back box!!  

then after travelling 55 miles to marks house he realised I needed new discs! luckily his local auto shop had some!! lucky!!

then we discovered  1 front tyre was shafted and the other was naughty but ok ish!!   (if you squint)  

then we discovered 2 nails in OS Rear and a huge tear right to the thread in the middle of the NS Rear!!  

Luckily mark saved the day as he had a spare mig! with some legal wheels which we put on the back and then had to put my spare steely on the front!!

Needless to say the car looks a dog with all the odd wheels on at the moment!!  

So not a good day!!

Now hunting for some tyres, got a price online for some Toyo Proxes T1-R at £311. does anyone have any thoughts about what is the best tyre to go for! can't really afford the prices of Goodyear etc. but don't really want a buget tyre!! (got khumo's on now) I always thought the proxes were inbetween budget and premium!!

Will be also going to get a quote for a powerflow exhaust system!! Then needs timing kit doing very soon too!!!  

God i'm going to be skint for a while!!

[waspy]

Bloody hell mate!!!
What have you been doing with your tyres? Nails, splits & even on the tread :-?
I haven't driven my Mig for well over a week & iv'e two sets off wheels with brand newish tyres on all & at the rate i'm going the side walls would've perished before the tyres wear out & i'll be 90

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I needed new pads, markeymark kindly offered to do them for me!

on the way my exhasust split at the join to the back box!!  

then after travelling 55 miles to marks house he realised I needed new discs! luckily his local auto shop had some!! lucky!!

then we discovered  1 front tyre was shafted and the other was naughty but ok ish!!   (if you squint)  

then we discovered 2 nails in OS Rear and a huge tear right to the thread in the middle of the NS Rear!!  

Luckily mark saved the day as he had a spare mig! with some legal wheels which we put on the back and then had to put my spare steely on the front!!

Needless to say the car looks a dog with all the odd wheels on at the moment!!  

So not a good day!!

Now hunting for some tyres, got a price online for some Toyo Proxes T1-R at £311. does anyone have any thoughts about what is the best tyre to go for! can't really afford the prices of Goodyear etc. but don't really want a buget tyre!! (got khumo's on now) I always thought the proxes were inbetween budget and premium!!

Will be also going to get a quote for a powerflow exhaust system!! Then needs timing kit doing very soon too!!!  

God i'm going to be skint for a while!!

On mine I have Wanli's and after my infamous puncture change outside Blackpool recently I have had to replace one (I always keep the same make all round, only changing when I replace all 4)

The 225/55/16 W all in was £59.94 at Tyreweb a great chain of local tyre dealers.

I don't know how much "budget" these tyres are, but they are wearing extremely well and are good at high speed.

[dieseldean]

"nankang" not a well known brand but they cheap, give quiet ride and long mileage.  

[richardirv]

I don't drive like a loon!! so why the tyres are so bad is due to the camber and tracking which I will be getting done very soon at Nigel Langs in Bolton I think! were reccomended by WIM.

I have heard of nankang and I think they are sort of in the same league as khumo's etc.

for a bit more I can have Toyo's which as far as I'm awar they are classed as a more premium tyre but may wear quicker.

[markey mark]

I don't drive like a loon!! so why the tyres are so bad is due to the camber and tracking which I will be getting done very soon at Nigel Langs in Bolton I think! were reccomended by WIM.

I have heard of nankang and I think they are sort of in the same league as khumo's etc.

for a bit more I can have Toyo's which as far as I'm awar they are classed as a more premium tyre but may wear quicker.

good choice the toyos rich very grippy  

[richardirv]

Yeah I hope so mark!! gonna call round to my local tyre garage after work today and see if they can match the online prices and if not will order online. Didn't think £311 + £10 deliver was a bad price for toyo's do you?

Edit: Although that is with a 5% discount code that I found online!!  

[markey mark]

Yeah I hope so mark!! gonna call round to my local tyre garage after work today and see if they can match the online prices and if not will order online. Didn't think £311 + £10 deliver was a bad price for toyo's do you?

Edit: Although that is with a 5% discount code that I found online!!  

dont sound too bad bud !  

[The Barge Captain]

Just put Wanli's on the front of mine, seem to give an odd buzz vibration on some surfaces though :-?

The Nankang ditchfinders they replaced seemed ok

[richardirv]

Got the Toyo's ordered from blackcircles.com £367 inc Fitting. Powerflow exhaust getting fitted tuesday!! just backbox and end of middle section!!

[willyboy]

Just put Wanli's on the front of mine, seem to give an odd buzz vibration on some surfaces though :-?

The Nankang ditchfinders they replaced seemed ok

Wanli's all round a bit too noisey for me wont get anymore .. :-/

[markey mark]

Just put Wanli's on the front of mine, seem to give an odd buzz vibration on some surfaces though :-?

The Nankang ditchfinders they replaced seemed ok

wanlis and nankang both ditchdodgers !  :-? remember tyres are your only contact with the road so i always fit contis or pirellis will never fit budget tyres  

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Just put Wanli's on the front of mine, seem to give an odd buzz vibration on some surfaces though :-?

The Nankang ditchfinders they replaced seemed ok

wanlis and nankang both ditchdodgers !  :-? remember tyres are your only contact with the road so i always fit contis or pirellis will never fit budget tyres  

After my previous post on the Wanli tyres fitted to my car, and stating I thought they were good, forget it!!

Cem has kindly warned me that there have been many reports of these tyres not being up to standard, or simply down right dangerous!!  This I have now backed up be doing some surfing on the web; far too many unfavouable reports on Wanli tyres for my liking and now I will be replacing the whole set and writing off the £60 just spent.

Mark is dead right about the importance of tyres being of good quality, and as I quite often do high speeds on motorways safety factors of tyres is vitally important!

Until the new tyres are fitted it is a maximum of 60 mph!! 8-)  

..........and to think of the speeds I have already got them up to!!!!!

[cem_devecioglu]

heres some info on thread depth and its really scary

it briefly says if your tires are on the minimum legal depth brake

distances really differ :-?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=85

[Markjay]

I used it simply go for known brands, mainly Michelin but also Conti etc.

Nowadays I look for tyre reports and reviews on the internet, because even reputable manufacturers often get a model wrong...

I now have new Dunlop's (SP Sport Fastresponse, to be precise) bought from Blackcircles.co.uk (recommended, good service). Reviews on the net were good, tyres reasonably priced.... the Eagle NCT5 that came with car as OE were down to 4mm so were scrapped, and as they had bad reviews I did not bother trying to get them but went for the Dunlops.

I should add that this is not for the omega, which I no longer have...